Comments on: Jif To Go http://recipesofthedamned.com/2009/03/28/jif-to-go/ Bad ideas in food Sun, 20 May 2012 01:32:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Jenny Islander http://recipesofthedamned.com/2009/03/28/jif-to-go/#comment-158 Jenny Islander Fri, 22 May 2009 06:41:26 +0000 http://recipesofthedamned.com/2009/03/28/jif-to-go/#comment-158 I grew up on Adams Old Fashioned--the kind you have to stir every time you open the jar or you get peanut oil on top of concrete. I married a Skippy eater. It has a weird, greasy/gluey texture and reminds me strongly of shortening. Shortening with the guts of some Reese's Peanut Butter Cups stirred into it. Ew. Give me meaty-tasting peanut butter that you have to chew! In my opinion, the sweetest thing in a peanut butter sandwich should be the jelly. Sliced banana is plenty sweet enough for that matter. In fact, Adams Old Fashioned Crunchy with sliced dill (not sweet) pickles that have been drained briefly on a towel, between thick slices of chewy whole-grain bread freshly toasted, is my idea of bliss. Our taste buds really are trained to expect sweetness in everything, aren't they? I know a couple with a diabetic son who "can't eat peanut butter because all of the good stuff has corn syrup in it." I asked them if they'd tried Adams and they said it was nasty. So I explained that peanut butter isn't supposed to be sweet in the first place, and they blinked and went, " . . . Oh. I never knew that." I grew up on Adams Old Fashioned–the kind you have to stir every time you open the jar or you get peanut oil on top of concrete. I married a Skippy eater. It has a weird, greasy/gluey texture and reminds me strongly of shortening. Shortening with the guts of some Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups stirred into it. Ew. Give me meaty-tasting peanut butter that you have to chew! In my opinion, the sweetest thing in a peanut butter sandwich should be the jelly. Sliced banana is plenty sweet enough for that matter. In fact, Adams Old Fashioned Crunchy with sliced dill (not sweet) pickles that have been drained briefly on a towel, between thick slices of chewy whole-grain bread freshly toasted, is my idea of bliss.

Our taste buds really are trained to expect sweetness in everything, aren’t they? I know a couple with a diabetic son who “can’t eat peanut butter because all of the good stuff has corn syrup in it.” I asked them if they’d tried Adams and they said it was nasty. So I explained that peanut butter isn’t supposed to be sweet in the first place, and they blinked and went, ” . . . Oh. I never knew that.”

]]> By: Sparkina http://recipesofthedamned.com/2009/03/28/jif-to-go/#comment-132 Sparkina Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:44:23 +0000 http://recipesofthedamned.com/2009/03/28/jif-to-go/#comment-132 We may disagree, but I think that tortilla wrap with the cherry preserves and the choc chips sounds plenty of tasty! (Maybe my taste buds never grew up, but that's my own issue :-) ) We may disagree, but I think that tortilla wrap with the cherry preserves and the choc chips sounds plenty of tasty! (Maybe my taste buds never grew up, but that’s my own issue :-) )

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